HR Adviser

About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an HR Adviser to support our Human Resources team, within Northamptonshire Children’s Trust.

This will be a busy and varied role, providing first line professional HR advice and supporting a full range of HR matters, including case management, employment relations and service queries.

You will be joining our small team of HR professionals, who have a variety of experience and CIPD/Industry recognised qualifications. We are a mutually supportive team, helping to contribute towards the NCT’s journey in delivering sustainable improvements to the lives of children, whilst looking after the people we employ and creating an organisation that all of our colleagues can be proud to work for.

What will you be doing?
Please see job description for full details of the role. The main priorities for the role are:

- Monitoring of shared HR Inbox with employee relation workforce type queries
- Providing first line advice and guidance on HR issues to support both managers and colleagues within NCT, in line with employment law and Trust policies and procedures
- Undertake regular work data analysis, including sickness and turnover

About you
You will need to be:

- A highly proficient administrator
- Well-organised and able to deal with multiple priorities
- Level 3 CIPD qualified or equivalent in experience to be able to offer first line professional advice
- A strong communicator with the confidence to engage with senior leads and external partners, building relationships and working with service providers
- Resilient, with attention to detail and a can-do attitude
- Proficient in Microsoft packages with a strong focus for Excel
- Able to demonstrate your previous experience of working within a HR or similar environment, delivering HR advice and support to customers
- Experience of revising processes advantageous

About us
Northamptonshire Children’s Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children’s Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation.

Our benefits
We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

- 2 Day Induction Programme
- Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
- Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
- A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
- Local government Pension Scheme
- Heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme
- 28 days’ annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service
- Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Monthly quality supervision
- Long Service Award Recognition